Another question about the wedding cake i am making for this weekend....i have the two dummy layers covered and decorated and stuck to the cake board. I covered the cakeboard in fondant and used the graceful vines impression mat. I painted the covered cake board with vodka/crystal lustre dust and I love how it looks...so I was thinking about doing the whole cake with the lustre dust, but I'm so scared to take the first step because then I am committed to doing all 4 layers. Has anyone done this, did it take forever? I know I have seen pics in the past where the whole cake is done with it but I can't seem to find one now.

Before doing the entire cake I would check with your bride. With luster dust sometimes less is more. What about just using it on the boarders to highlight the details?

I think it could take a while. I know sometimes people will use a shimmer spray or a pearl airbrush color. Those would be faster than painting the whole thing.

Thanks for the replies, I probably won't do it, I bet the fully lustre dusted cakes are usually done with the airbrush like Texas_Rose said.

As for asking the bride, it's for a friend and she told me to do whatever I did lustre dust the beads and the cakeboard. Now I'm just waiting for Thursday so I can do the real layers!

If you dry-brush it onto fondant, it doesn't take very long at all and gives a subtle shimmer. If you wet-brush it on, then yes, it can take a while, but it has more of a glow to it.

I have a big soft poofy brush I got from the paintbrush aisle in Michael's that I use to drybrush fondant covered cakes. Just lightly brushed on fondant gives it a slight shimmer and doesn't take long.

Cool thanks! I just dry dusted the two bottom layers and it is a nice subtle shimmer, so far so good! Next I just have to get through decorating the real tiers and get the thing there and assembled and then I'll be ok LOL!! Can't wait to get my first one out of the way!!

I have petal dust for using on my gumpaste flowers. I also have pearl dusts and disco dusts that I know when to use.

I have (for some unknown reason) lots of luster dusts that I am not sure why I have them.

OK, can somebody tell me what luster dust is and what I should be using it on?

Thanks, cb

Aren't luster dusts pretty much the same as pearl dusts?